The guest on Grow! with Katie is Amanda Thomsen of Kiss My Aster! and her daughter, Hazel!

Amanda is a horticulturist, garden designer, keynote speaker, freelance writer, backyard consultant, and author living in suburban Chicago.  She wants to help the world live more sustainably (but without a load of effort and twice the fun!).

Teresa Speight is a Native Washingtonian, a Mother, Grandmother, Steward of our Land, Master Gardener, Garden Writer, and History lover. Whew, what a list!

Cottage in the Court offers curated Garden Experiences for small groups and one-on-one Garden Coaching, specializing in earth-friendly practices. Reconnecting average people with the soil is important. “When we reconnect with the soil, nature, and our roots, we can begin to respect all that the earth provides.”

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is the founder of Black Girls with Gardens, Jasmine Jefferson!

Black Girls with Gardens is a digital resource for women of color to find support, inspiration, education, and representation in gardening. It is a collective dedicated to providing answers, tips, and inspiration to women of color interested in gardening.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Senior Director for Garden for Wildlife at the National Wildlife Federation, Mary Phillips!

Mary provides strategic and operational oversight of the National Wildlife Federation’s Garden for Wildlife™ movement of 5 to 7 million people creating habitat where they live, work, play, learn, and worship.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is best-selling author and radio host, Jessica Walliser.Jessica Walliser co-hosts “The Organic Gardeners” on KDKA-Radio in Pittsburgh, PA. She is a former contributing editor for Organic Gardening magazine and a regular contributor to many national gardening publications. In addition, Jessica is the Acquisitions Editor for Quarto Publishing Group’s gardening imprint, Cool Springs Press. Her two weekly gardening columns for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review have been enjoyed by readers for over ten years.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Layci Gragnani from Bushel and Berry!

Bushel and Berry, one of Ball Horticultural’s brands, is a unique collection of compact, ornamental and self-pollinating berry plants for the home garden.

Today's guest on Grow! with Katie is self-taught garden designer, speaker, writer, and garden media personality, Linda Vater!

She has lived and gardened in Oklahoma City for the last 27 years. She designed, maintains, and now shares daily insights into the gardens at her historic, urban home, drawing daily inspiration from practical and metaphorical lessons of her garden.

Happy Arbor Day! Today on Grow! with Katie we got to hangout with Steve Nagy and Jess Running from Davey Tree Expert Company.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Mark Highland of the Organic Mechanic Soil Company!

Mark began his green-thumb journey at a young age digging around his grandmother’s vegetable garden, pulling weeds, picking caterpillars off plants, and harvesting ripe fruit. He knew he was hooked the moment he turned over his first forkful of rick Illinois soil.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is houseplant expert and social media extraordinaire, Darryl Cheng!

Darryl is a Toronto, Canada based influencer who has grown his social media following to a whopping 400k with his never-ending knowledge of houseplants and how honest and real he is about indoor growing!

Follow him on Instagram! @houseplantjournal